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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994): Cast

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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy is a 1994 comedy directed by Alain Berbérian, starring Tchéky Karyo as Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist, Daniel Gélin and Rosanna Arquette. It runs 1 hour 40 minutes.

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Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy (1994) movie poster
Released
Runtime
1h 40m (100 min)
Director
Alain Berbérian
Genre
Comedy
Original language
French
After the credits
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The story

What Is Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy About?

The premise of Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy without spoilers.

A low‑budget horror film is slated for a Cannes Film Festival screening, but each time the audience gathers the projectionist is brutally murdered by a shadowy figure armed with a hammer and sickle, echoing the onscreen violence. The killings occur just as the same scenes unfold in the movie.

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy Themes & Keywords

· 50 tags
  • cannes film festival
  • crude humor
  • police inspector
  • chase
  • serial killer
  • parody
  • stalking
  • strangulation
  • stabbed with a sickle
  • reference to mozart
  • reference to the brothers karamazov the novel
  • parody comedy
+38 more
  • dark comedy
  • cannes
  • sickle
  • hammer
  • projectionist
  • hammer and sickle
  • death
  • vomiting
  • slow motion scene
  • flashback
  • mousetrap
  • vera cruz mexico
  • woman hostage
  • bad breath
  • rhinoceros
  • police detective
  • cameo
  • fart joke
  • the terminator
  • character interacts with narrator
  • archive footage
  • reference to freddy krueger
  • film director
  • based on commercial
  • based on advertisement
  • commercial advertisement
  • shooting range
  • tv news
  • film projectionist
  • 1990s
  • press agent
  • cinema
  • press attache
  • carioca dance
  • foot pursuit
  • riviera
  • pursuit
  • trumpet
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Cast & crew

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy Cast & Characters

Tchéky Karyo leads the cast as Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist, with Daniel Gélin as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist and Rosanna Arquette as Rosanna Arquette. Directed by Alain Berbérian; 58 actors are credited in all.

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From the director

More from Alain Berbérian

More films directed by Alain Berbérian: The Corsican File, Dead Weight, Six-Pack and Paparazzi.

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Details

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy Also Known As

10 alternative titles, including “La Cité de la peur, une comédie familiale” and “A félelem városa”.

Also known as
  • La Cité de la peur, une comédie familiale
  • A félelem városa
  • Quattro delitti in allegria
  • Město strachu
  • Cannes, ciudad del miedo
  • Город страха
  • Um Susto na Cidade
  • 恐惧之城
  • La cité de la peur
  • 피어 시티: 어 패밀리-스타일 코미디

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FAQ

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy FAQ: Cast & Runtime

Runtime, release date, director, cast, post-credit scenes and language of Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy, each answered in a sentence.

How long is Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy?

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy runs 1 hour 40 minutes (100 minutes).

When was Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy released?

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy was released on March 9, 1994.

Who directed Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy?

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy was directed by Alain Berbérian.

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Who is in the cast of Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy?

Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy stars Tchéky Karyo as Mr. Jacques, the 1st projectionist, Daniel Gélin as Mr. Mireille, the 2nd projectionist and Rosanna Arquette as Rosanna Arquette, among 58 credited actors.

Does Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy have a post-credit scene?

No. Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy has no extra scene during or after the credits.

What language is Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy in?

The original language of Fear City: A Family-Style Comedy is French.

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